1990 Pontiac Grand Am SE
I bought this car from an old lady for $350, she over heated it and blew the head gasket. It had only 38,000 original miles on it and was perfect inside and out. It was obviously garage kept and never smoked in. The car was originally a low output 2.3L with a metric 3spd automatic (160 hp). Now it has a High Output 2.3L 16V DOHC Quad4 with a NVT-550 5spd out of an Achiva SCX W41.
O W N E R
-Eric H., Edison, New Jersey
C A R
-1990 Grand Am SE
-Paint: pearl black
-Slate Grey Interior
E N G I N E
-90 2.3L DOHC VIN-A LGO HO Quad 4
-Factory forged and shot peened rods with ACL tri-metal bearings
-Factory HO 10:1 pistons
-Melling Moly Rings
-Factory HO Crank polished with ACL bearings
-Factory 086 head (the best) with a three angle valve job, new guides, benched and decked
-Comp Cams (Ron's custom ground Hot Grind 2) "HG2" cams (430 lift, 224 duration @.050)
-Sealed power lifters for a LT5 ZR1 Corvette (much lighter than factory)
-Melling high volume oil pump
-All Fel-Pro gaskets
-ARP Head studs
-ARP main studs
-ARP flywheel bolts
-ARP pressure plate bolts
-Custom painted silver mini-flake timing housing and cover
-Custom painted silver mini-flake intake manifold ported and polished
-Custom painted silver mini-flake cam housings
-Custom painted Black pearl with polished reliefs "High Output" IDI (engine cover)
-HO 56mm Throttle body
-12"x8" round K&N cone air filter
-custom 90 degree cold air intake tube
-CNC cut Phenolic intake spacer custom made by (Nukkinfutts)
E X H U A S T
-HO cast exhaust manifold poreted and polished with a 2.5" outlet
-HO down pipe flange ported to 2.5" and mounted to a madrell bent 2.5" down pipe with stainless flex joint.
-Thunderbolt 2.5" High Flow catalytic converter
-Custom 2.5" mandrel bent exhaust system (manifold back)
-DNX (Dynomax) polished stainless Muffler 2.5" inlet, duel 3.5" square outlets
T R A N S M I S I O N
-92 Achieva SCX NVT-550
-Custom painted SCX red
-3.94:1 final drive
1st 3.50
2nd 2.05
3rd 1.38
4th 1.03
5th 0.81
Sachs "Brute Force" heavy duty clutch set
HO Flywheel
Federal-Mogul BCA internal slave cylinder
Federal-Mogul Seals
Dorman axles
Beretta GTZ jack shaft and bearing
C O N T R O L
-Suspension Technique (Bell) lowering springs 2" front, 1.5" rear
-Gabriel Ultra G-force struts (front)
-KYB gas adjust shocks (rear)
-27mm rear Mantapart competition anti sway bar with urethane bushings
-28mm FE3 front sway bar with urethane bushings
-Energy Suspension poly urathane sway bar end links and hardware
-Morse Elite performance brake pads
-Federal-Mogul BCA wheel bearings (front and rear)
-17x7 with Excel wheels custom painted pearl black with Reflective Pontiac Arrowhead under the clear coat with polished lip.
-Tires 215x45x17
A U D I O
-Sirius Sat. Sportster receiver
-JVC CD/MP3 head unit
-2 6x9" Volfenhags
Page 1 (Introduction, list of mods)
Page 2 (Interior shots, misc parts pictures)
Page 3 (car pictures)
Page 4 (Engine build up pictures)
